The Department of Electrical Engineering of Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh today inaugurated the 3-day workshop on Emerging Development, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead in Indian Power Sector for Viksit Bharat @2047 from 21st February, 2024 to 23rd February, 2024.
The Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session was Manoj Tripathi, Chairman BBMB; Keynote Speaker Prof. S. P. Singh, from IIT Roorkee; Esteemed Director of PEC, Prof. (Dr.) Baldev Setia along with Prof. Rintu Khanna (Head, Electrical Engineering Department) graced the occasion with their esteemed presence. This workshop is coordinated by Dr. Manohar Singh (Associate Professor, EED) and Co-coordinated by Dr. Ajay Kumar (Assistant Professor, EED). The session started out with the floral welcome of guests, followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the esteemed guests. All the distinguished guests from Power departments of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and faculty members from different technical institutes, PEC Faculty, deans, HoDs and Students were present at this occasion.
In the initial address, Prof. Rintu Khanna, (Head, EED) welcomed the worthy dignitaries for gracing the event. She introduced the Electrical Department, on academic and research fronts, lab facilities and routine conference & workshop events.
Prof. Manohar Singh (Associate Professor, EED) talked about the 3-day workshop on Emerging Development, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead in the Indian Power Sector. He highlighted the importance of this workshop and introduced the audience with different technical tracks scheduled during the event on various emerging & challenging issues of Indian Power Sector for Viksit Bharat@2047. During this event, the speakers are invited from CEA, Ministry of Power, MNRE, IIT, Grid Controller of India, GE, NTPC, DTL and PEC Faculty.